Brains and Eggs: Sunday Funnies

We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6
— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M
— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6
— వంశీ చెల్లెపాటి (@Vamshi_C13) November 29, 2025

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Futurism

BuzzFeed Stock in Free Fall as Pivot to AI Blows Up in Its Face - Investors are BuzzFed up. The post BuzzFeed Stock in Free Fall as Pivot to AI Blows Up in Its Face appeared first on Futurism.
Eschaton

The Panopticon Is For The Scum People, Not Me - Hilarious. Katie Miller, conservative podcaster and wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, told CBS News that she didn't vote in Tuesd...
Courthouse News

New hoax bomb threats hit European flights - Most of the flights targeted Thursday landed without incident at their original destinations.
Raw Story

Paxton insider turns on Trump after midterm disaster: ‘We couldn’t get away from him’ - Now that more than a handful of Senate seats held by Republicans have flipped to Democrats, a top staffer who worked on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...
Al Jazeera English

Photos: Spain mourns Jesus de Miguel, who died after on-pitch collision - Mourners gather in Navahermosa to honour Tenerife player, whose death has united Spain’s football community in grief.
Daily Howler

SELF GOVERNMENT: We were glad we got to see... - *THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2026 * *...what Senator El-Sayed said:* The best thing we saw this morning we saw on *Morning Joe*. Thanks to *Mediaite's* Dav...
ArcaMax

Democrats Won. More Importantly, Democracy Won - Stop the talk about a triumphal arch at the gates of Arlington Cemetery. Stop bullying the Kennedy Center into putting the Trump name on its front. Stop ob...
Novara Media

US Voters Just Passed Dozens of Measures Against Data Centres - Voters in at least 38 jurisdictions across the US passed bans or restrictions on data centres in Tuesday’s midterms. Almost every single data centre morat...
Bonddad

The economically weighted ISM averages for November show a strong expansion, weakly growing employment, and even worse inflation - - *by New Deal democrat* The economically weighted ISM manufacturing (25%) + services (75%) indexes continue to be the best timely snapshot of the U...
Salon.com

The grocery store shortcuts that make weeknight dinners easier - A food editor’s go-to buys for quick flavor, from frozen chicken cutlets to saucy canned beans
SCOTUSblog

St. Mary and the shrinking reach of Smith - Justice Clarence Thomas began Colorado’s half of yesterday’s argument in *St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy* with a pointed observation. In the court’s las...
Political Wire

Katherine Clark Launches Majority Leader Bid - “Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts officially announced her bid for majority leader in a letter to colleagues Thursday,” Politico reports. “Clark, curr...
CultureMap Houston

Booming Texas ranks among 10 best states for jobs in 2026 report - Business boosters often describe Texas as an economic engine, and a new ranking from personal finance website WalletHub underscores that assessment.
Glasstire

Top Five: November 5, 2026 - Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. For last week’s picks, please go here. 1. Still Becoming: Liz Ward, Works from Four DecadesNeidor...
Liberation News

Texas rejects the Republican establishment in historic midterm election: What comes next? - While Texas has “turned blue," the question remains if we can build a movement powerful enough to demand something fundamentally different.
The Hill

Trump defends Hegseth but acknowledges easier path to replacing him before new Congress - President Trump said Thursday morning he intends to keep Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in his current role, but acknowledged it would be easier to confirm...
Ian Welsh

JD Vance Continues To Maneuver Towards His 2028 Run - Vance published a long piece on why Republicans lost the elecctions. It’s… not insane and more correct than not. First: Republicans voted Democratic. I ask...
Axios

Trump: Sen. Sullivan should get votes cast for Alaska's other Sullivan - President Trump wrote Thursday that incumbent Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) should receive the vote totals for Dan J. Sullivan, a Senate candidate in Alas...
The Verge

Tech is about to get hammered in Congress - Tech CEO hearings. Tougher AI and data center guardrails. Investigations of Elon Musk's DOGE cuts. The gates are open for Democrats once they regain contro...
Democracy Now!

"They Have Eyes": How Trump's Corruption Became a Top Concern for Midterm Voters - Democrats regained control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday’s historic midterm elections, a comeback fueled largely by voter anger over high pri...
Independent Political Report

Arizona Pirates Shift Ballot Access Effort From Statewide Focus to Pima County - The Arizona Pirate Party is shifting its ballot access efforts away from a statewide campaign to instead pursue access in Pima County, citing the need fo...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Europe’s far right has a Trump problem after Republican US midterms wipeout - European far-right leaders quick to distance themselves from US president and stress their own priorities - Europe live – latest updates - ...
Space City Weather

Comfortable weather continues, as we eye rain chances for Houston later in the weekend - In brief: Another nice day awaits Houston before we slip into a more unsettled pattern this weekend. Rain chances look highest on Sunday right now, lingeri...
The Week

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – why the remake is so remarkable - Hotly anticipated new version of classic 1998 game refreshes visuals and adds ‘snappy’ new controls
Angry Bear

Cost of Healthcare Insurance Increase for 2027 - Found additional information that goes a long with the graph. That is, if you are interested. Survey: “Health benefit costs expected to jump 8.2% in 2027...
Deadline Politics

Carson Daly To Expand Role At NBC As Co-Host Of ‘Saturday Today’ - Carson Daly will expand his role at NBC’s Today by adding Saturday co-hosting duties alongside Laura Jarrett. Daly will continue to co-host Today on weekda...
Rallblog

JD Vance Flies Free | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - LIVE: MWF 9-11 am Eastern time & 9-10 am Tues-Thurs & Streaming Anytime Conflict reporter/writer/cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas ...
Alternet

Americans are 'exhausted' by Trump’s 'awful' presidency — and GOP is to blame - *National Affairs* editor Yuval Levin penned a column for the conservative *National Review* on Thursday talking about just how "awful" President Donald T...
NPR's Health Shots

Teens worldwide aren't getting enough exercise -- especially girls - A new study looks at the recommended amount of daily exercise for adolescents — and how few are getting it.
Election Law Blog

Variety of Data Visualizations Showing that in a Blue Tidal Wave, Sanders Endorsed Democrats Did Less Well Than Other Democrats - Here’s one version: Here’s another version from @otis_reid: The post Variety of Data Visualizations Showing that in a Blue Tidal Wave, Sanders Endorsed ...
Mediaite

Trump Said Stephen Miller ‘Went Too Far’ on Immigration — After Melania Complained About Deported Friends: Report - President Donald Trump felt Stephen Miller had gone "too far" on immigration -- but only after Melania complained about her friends being impacted. The ...
WhoWhatWhy

‘Snipped and Posted’: How Pro-Oil Groups Generate Viral Content Online - [image: Canada Action posts, Suncor oil sands operations] Internal slide decks from Canada Action explain strategy to get millions of views for industry ta...
Houston Public Media

Election results and education (Nov. 5, 2026) - On Thursday's show: We consider the implications the election results could have for the future of education in Greater Houston, from the HISD takeover, to...
naked capitalism

Links 11/5/2026 -
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Afterthoughts - Yesterday was for quick reactions, and I didn’t have space for as many good hip shots that came in. More have arrived since, but simply noting the loss was...
The Progressive Wing

November 05 news round up and open thread - A federal judge in Oregon says he can no longer assume ICE agents are telling the truth in their arrest paperwork, declaring Monday that live testimony is ...
Vox

An unexpected winner of the midterm election: Animals - In this week’s midterm elections, many Democrats won n a landslide. Also on the winning side of many ballot decisions: animals. First, voters in Washingt...
The Smirking Chimp

The GOP Is Secretly Celebrating an Electoral Collapse -
Off The Kuff

Initial thoughts on the blue earthquake - I’m going to have a lot of thoughts about what happened on Tuesday, some of which haven’t occurred to me yet, some of which I’ll realize after reading some...
Slate

My New Job Offer Comes With a Catch I’ve Never Seen Before. Is This Normal? - Maybe this is just how the corporate world works.
San Antonio Report

Nirenberg’s new chapter: The former mayor plans to transition from city politics to leading Bexar County - While Ron Nirenberg's job may be different, his approach will be the same. The former mayor will lean on collaboration in his new role. --------------------...
ProPublica

Trump’s State Department Is Giving $1 Million to Controversial Group to Study Crimes Against White South Africans - The post Trump’s State Department Is Giving $1 Million to Controversial Group to Study Crimes Against White South Africans appeared first on ProPublica.
Crooked Media

Blue Crush - The post Blue Crush appeared first on Crooked Media.
The Root

Why a New Filing Could Force Halle Berry to Pay Olivier Martinez Thousands in Bitter Custody Battle - Halle Berry's legal battle with ex Olivier Martinez is still ongoing, as evidenced by new court filings that could see her shell out thousands of dollars...
Grist

Extreme flooding in the Southwest foreshadows a wild El Niño winter - Historically, the oceanic phenomenon boosts precipitation in the southern U.S. Here's a glimpse at the pain to come.
High Country News

New bill slashes tribes’ role in projects that impact ancestral sites, water and wildlife - Native nations have come out against Senate permitting reform. The post New bill slashes tribes’ role in projects that impact ancestral sites, water and...
Common Dreams

Well Done, America - Well that was a night. The glad spectacle of a newly sentient America tottering back to its capacious ideals was dubbed Orange Crush, Bluenami, a politic...
Consortium News

Vijay Prashad: The Struggle for a New West Asian Order - As Iran strains U.S. security architecture in West Asia, regional powers build new arrangements, but serving whose interests? Meanwhile the U.S. hedges its...
Portside

Say Goodnight, New Democrats. It’s the Era of the New New Democrats. - Say Goodnight, New Democrats. It’s the Era of the New New Democrats. Mark Brody Thu, 11/05/2026 - 01:08
jobsanger

Our Job Has Just Begun - A Dangerous Man Still Occupies The White House -
World Socialist Web Site

After the US midterms: What next? - There is a vast and unbridgeable chasm between the sentiments animating masses of people and the political party, the Democratic Party, that is the elector...
Workers World

PDF of November 5 issue - [image: PDF of November 5 issue] Download the PDF Global port workers: ‘We won’t work for war’ Rally to stop the closing of 17 Philly schools Editorial: Sa...
Informed Comment

Did Iran win the US Midterms? - Even Trump's vice president, JD Vance, admitted as much and threw Trump under the bus, attempting to distance himself from the war
Krebs on Security

Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House? - Several staffers at the White House are using computers or mobile devices equipped with residential proxy services that render their internet address avail...
Socialist Alternative

Trump & Republicans Routed: What Now To Defeat Their Whole Agenda - The wave became a tsunami: the Republicans, with Trump at their head, were absolutely trounced in the midterm elections. Tens of millions of people in the ...
Techdirt.

Post Midterms, Pete Hegseth & RFK Jr. Stare Down Likely Impeachment Efforts - The impact of the midterm election result is going to be felt for years, to be sure. But some of the effects will be far more swift than that, likely kicki...
memeorandum

'I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us': Inside Team Trump's Historic Collapse (New York Times) - New York Times: *‘I Have Seen the Enemy, and It Is Us’: Inside Team Trump's Historic Collapse* — How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provid...
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Mr. Bubble - 11×17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.7mb Like many of us out here, I’d been watching the impending implosion of the AI “boom” (as they insist on calling...
Brad Blog

Democracy Strikes Back: ‘BradCast’ 11/4/2026 - As noted near the top of today’s BradCast — after summarizing a boatload of stunning victories for Team Blue yesterday and ultimately not even scratching t...
Mother Jones

The Last Days of MAGA and the Scramble to Dump Trump - The country is only hours into a stunning new reality: Democrats will now control both houses of Congress after voters staged a nationwide rout of the Repu...
The Daily Poster

Big Tech Lost The Election. Now Comes The Gaslighting. - As Democrats prepare to investigate Silicon Valley, its liberal-branded lobby is scrambling to erase voters’ resounding rejection of Big Tech.
Capital & Main

ICE Raids Loomed Large for L.A. Voters — Including Some Caught Up in the Crackdown - Early data shows more voters casting ballots in L.A. County’s immigrant-heavy communities. ‘I want to make a difference for the people that can’t vote,’ ...
Popular Resistance

Trump Claims Funding To Israel Ending In 2026 - US President Donald Trump said on 3 November that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed that Washington would halt its billions in year...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

'Blue Tsunami Massacre!' Voters brutally reject Trump and MAGA, propelling Democrats to monumental victories across nation - Just in case none of you dear readers heard about Tuesday night's midterm election, allow me to give you a summation. The Democratic Party won control ov...
Mediagazer

Sources: Anthropic and AP struck a licensing deal just before the midterms, marking the first time Anthropic paid a digital news publisher to license content (Mark Stenberg/Adweek) - Mark Stenberg / Adweek: *Sources: Anthropic and AP struck a licensing deal just before the midterms, marking the first time Anthropic paid a digital news...
Progressive.org

We Need More Mentor Teachers of Color - New federal civil rights data show persistent racial disparities in America’s teacher workforce.
Antiwar.com

The Greatest Existential Risk of the Early 21st Century - Anthropic’s IPO filing on Monday set the stage for the Claude creator to pursue possibly largest initial stock offering in history. According to CNBC, inve...
The Greanville Post

The US: Everything Changes, Everything Remains The Same? - RB—The mid-term results serve the Democratic Party well, as it can point to the presidential veto for not changing anything while holding very public perfo...
San Antonio Current

Majority control of Texas’ education board remains uncertain after Democratic gains - Democrats and Republicans each hold seven seats on the 15-member board. The final matchup will determine which party gains majority control. The post Ma...
The Conversation

I study polling failures – this time, pollsters were mostly right, if not precise - Polls had signaled important gains for Democrats ahead of Election Day, in the most reassuring performance since accurately anticipating Barack Obama’s pre...
Claytoonz

Fat Duck, Roast Duck, Orange Duck, Lame Duck - Read the Blog and subscribe to my Substack. There are 734 days until the presidential election. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the c...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report October 2026 - Walmart had at least nine more shootings in October 2026, including two fatal ones, one where an innocent bystander was killed in an argument between ot...
Ballot Access News

Green Party Wins a Legislative Seat in Hawaii - Pa’ele Kiakoma, the Green Party nominee for State House, Hawaii 14th district, has been elected. He was in a 3-way race. The results: Green 2,991; Democrat...
Dorf on Law

Is This What Non-Pessimism Feels Like? - With headlines like "Democrats Rout G.O.P.," "Democrats’ historic rout was fueled by massive voter swing to the left," and "US voters rebuke Trump as Dem...
Polygraph (global fact-check)

UN warns of worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan - The U.N. report said the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan remains critical, driven by worsening food insecurity and malnutrition, outbreaks of disease...
Greg Palast

In victory, a smell of doom for Democrats in 2028Plus: An unreported victory for voting rights - At the top of my playlist today is Sublime’s, *We're Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance*. Democrats better watch out. They didn't get a "mandate." Rather, th...
OpEd News

The agenda after elections - Now Congress must act to reflect the will of voters (and Congress does have powers to impeach, power of the purse, power of legislation). I am a US citizen...
The NM Political Report

New Mexico lawmakers get a paycheck, governor loses her pocket - [image: Early voting is happening in Bernalillo County. Pictured are voters exiting after casting their ballots at the Clerk’s Annex County Government offi...
Idavox

The Egg on Elon Musk’s Face Cost More Than $440 Million - Musk’s astronomical campaign contributions were no match for outraged voters across the US. Truthout Elon... The post The Egg on Elon Musk’s Face Cost Mo...
Mondoweiss

The ‘blue wave’ is a defeat for Israel, but the left’s work is just beginning - [image: Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign reality in Grand Rapids, MI, July 19, 2026. (Photo: Christopher J. Dean / Shutterstock.com)]Political consultant Peter...
El Paso Matters

The Pink Jet takes flight for Fox Cancer Center at Amigo Airsho - The Fox Family sponsors breast cancer advocate Stephanie Goetz and The Pink Jet’s El Paso appearance to raise awareness of the future cancer center The ...
IVN

Voters Fight Back Against Political Gatekeepers — And Stop Reform Repeal Again in Alaska - Voters rejected another attempt to repeal Alaska's nonpartisan election system and approved election reforms across multiple states, signaling continued su...
Wolf Street

Despite Lower Rates, Demand for Mortgages to Purchase a Home Is Stuck at Rock-Bottom: Is 7%+ the No-Go Zone? - The Fed and mortgage rates.
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

After the Midterms Comes the Real Work: The Check-In with Jared Yates Sexton and Danielle Moodie - A recording from Jared Yates Sexton's live video
Bracing Views

A Blue Wave Cometh - Democrats Win Big BILL ASTORE 6 HOURS AGO I woke to the news of a “blue wave” as Democrats regained control of the House and Senate by margins that few pre...
Texas Observer

Bobby Pulido, the New Scion of South Texas Democrats - Tejano star Bobby Pulido crushed the incumbent Republican Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz by 24 points last night in a fierce blue backlash against gerry...
Church and State

Is Trump Preparing to Sacrifice American Lives to Save His Presidency? - On October 15th, CNN reported that Trump has ordered the Pentagon to develop new strike packages against Iran.
First Draft

Candidates Matter - Fuck yeah, America.
Undernews

The Election - *Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff *has won re-election against Republican Rep. Mike Collins, NBC News projects, prevailing in Georgia after a nationally watche...
Scheerpost.com

From Maine To Michigan To Texas, ‘Rise of Real Economic Populism’ Trounces Right-Wing Billionaire Cash - Jake Jonson Common Dreams It wasn’t just a Democratic tsunami that swept the United States in Tuesday’s midterm elections—it was also an “economic populist...
Rewire

Abortion Wins and Losses in the 2026 Midterm Election - In three of the four states that put abortion on the ballot, voters opted to protect their reproductive rights.
Texas Standard

Democrats just took Texas. How? - Latino and rural voters, the Iran war and tariffs likely played a huge role in swaying the historic midterms in Democrats’ favor.
Ecosophia

Politics: Imperial Sunset Revisited - Hindsight is a useful thing, and the twenty years that have passed since I sketched out my first and least accurate set of predictions about the future of ...
The Texas Signal

A Flip In The Texas House - For the first time in over twenty years, Democrats will control the Texas House chamber in the next legislative session
Sludge

The Money Behind Hakeem Jeffries - Executives at Anduril and Palantir, crypto industry advocates, and investors giving through AIPAC helped fund the Democratic leader preparing to become spe...
NORML

Congressional Shake-Up Bolsters Prospects for Future Federal Marijuana Policy Reforms - [image: an American flag flying in front of the US Capitol is colored in shades of green][image: an American flag flying in front of the US Capitol is co...
Discourse

Oh My Fucking God - Some brief thoughts on the midterms.
Infidel753

A landslide, but no revolution - Well, the polls in many cases *were* wrong -- they understated the size of the blue wave. The Democrats will have at least 54 Senate seats, and possibly ...
Seeing the Forest

The Ballroom - I just got up here in the UK and see that the Dems won!! Finish the ballroom and make it a public monument to ‘It CAN Happen Here’, like how in France you ...
The AltWorld

Trump’s Legacy Will Ultimately Be Determined By The Outcome Of The Third Gulf War - If the conflict drags on or he provokes Iran into obliterating the Gulf’s energy infrastructure in retaliation […] The post Trump’s Legacy Will Ultimatel...
Stinque

2026 Election Results - The post 2026 Election Results appeared first on Stinque.
Black Agenda Report

The Truth About Haiti's "Gangs" --US Guns. UN Troops. Blackwater Drones | Dr. Jemima Pierre - The Truth About Haiti's "Gangs" --US Guns. UN Troops. Blackwater Drones | Dr. Jemima Pierre bareditors Wed, 11/04/2026 - 09:41 Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor an...
See You In 2020

AI upheaval, Dugin’s vindication, and the new form that left-wing politics will need to take - Civilization is seeing a shift that vindicates Alexander Dugin, and all others who’ve been vilified for recognizing where civilization is headed. Dugin—...
slacktivist

A Psalm for Election Day - What would it mean to read Psalm 72 through the lens of the Gettysburg Address?
Alas, a Blog

Turek & Stevens - Just a quick one, dashed off in response to some of this week’s news. As folks here know, I usually do cartoons intended to be about lasting issues, and th...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Winner of the 2026 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize - The prize committee is pleased to announce that Maria Tanyag’s article, ‘Who cares for the carers? Patriarchal contradictions and the reinvention of the ...
Earthworks

Di Tengah Terus Bertambahnya Korban Tewas dan Cedera, Pekerja Nikel Tuntut Reformasi - Para pekerja di industri nikel Indonesia turut menopang industri energi terbarukan. Namun, mereka justru harus membayar harga yang sangat mahal. … The p...
TalkLeft

Midterms Election Day: We Get the Government We Elect - I don't know if there will be a blue wave, a blue tsunami or we'll be singing the blues tonight. I know I don't trust the polls or the pundits pounding sta...
Crooked Timber

An open letter to JK Rowling from Sophie Grace Chappell - An open letter to J K Rowling (November 2026) Dear Ms Rowling I see you have published an update on your June 2020 essay on transgender issues. As you prob...
Two Party Opera

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Speak Freely (ACLU)

A Conversation with an Election Expert: Breaking Down This Year’s Election Process - Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter quest...
Dissent Magazine

A Turnaround in Brazil - Lula’s victory interrupted the far right’s advance at the presidential level. Can the left use his final term to build a political alternative for the fu...
Project Censored

What’s Happening to the US Economy? - On this episode of the Project Censored Show, co-host Eleanor Goldfield sits down with journalist and political economist Ben Norton to discuss the economy...
Edinburg Politics

With almost 12,000 Blacks in the Rio Grande Valley, new board members for Village in the Valley (ViVa) continue to promote positive changes for all residents of deep South Texans - FEATURED: Village in the Valley (ViVa), a McAllen-based organization whose stated mission is elevating and uniting the Black community while connecting cul...
Debunking Christianity

My Christian Conversion and Deconversion, by John W. Loftus - * As I announced earlier, I've decided to publish whole chapters from my books. I may eventually publish them all, certainly a bunch of them. The go...
Consent Factory, Inc.

An Advertisement for The Rise of the New Normal Reich, including a Stupid Anti-Nazi Disclaimer for the German Authorities - Here we go again. The second edition of The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III (2020-2021), published by Tucker Carlson Books, ...
Duck of Minerva

The Curse of Elon - As part of my interest in electric vehicles, I have listened to 7 or 8 audiobooks on Elon Musk, EVs, and Tesla (Vance, Isaacson, Niedermayer, McKenzie, Slo...
Trivial Knot

Origami: Western Pond Turtle - This is one of the designs in Origami Design Secrets, in a chapter on pattern grafting. The hexagonal pattern on the turtle’s pack is folded first, then y...
Progressives Chat

2026 U.S. Midterm Elections Predictions - The time has arrived. Tuesday, November 3, 2026 is Election Day and Election Night. I will likely be a guest on *Due Dissidence* with a focus on the elec...
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

From Demographic Change to Democratic Change: Is a New #ChangeWave Rising in Texas and Across America? by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. Oct. 31, 2026 - *From Demographic Change to Democratic Change: Is a New #ChangeWave Rising in Texas **and Across * *America?* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.* *October 31,...
Field Negro

Midterm fears. - November third is almost here, and the talking heads and political junkies at news outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and FOX are losing their minds. This is the...
Avedon's Sideshow

Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams - This image was swiped from Snoogums' flickr feed. Look, if you were hoping Netanyahu would lose and it would make everything okay, no, that was not going ...
Lowering the Bar

Assorted Stupidity #176 - [image: LTB logo]In this edition: Anthropic tells potential investors its product might kill them (and the rest of humanity); some guys fail to steal 13 to...
MintPress News

Iran Downs US Aircraft As Israel Prepares ‘Unprecedented Strikes’ Amidst Election Turmoil - Iranian air defences downed three US drones and opened fire on a fighter jet, amidst ongoing military preparations by the United States to carry out anot...
The Militant

Vote Socialist Workers Party! Join the SWP campaigning, now and after the elections! - Vote for the Socialist Workers Party candidates Nov. 3! Join with the SWP and build the one party that speaks loudly and clearly for the class interests of...
DeSmogBlog

Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise. - This story was co-published with Rolling Stone. In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology professor David Jeffrey was among the resid...
The Grayzone

Facing subpoenas, pro-Palestine activists refuse to testify in Fergie fishing expedition - A pair of activists subpoenaed by Trump’s Justice Department have announced their refusal to cooperate with investigators on an apparent legal fishing ex...
Environment Texas

Environment Texas endorses Austin Proposition A to protect parks, pools and trails - $260 million bond measure would improve Austin’s parks, pools, trails and recreational facilities. The post Environment Texas endorses Austin Proposition...
Texas Freedom Network

Thomas Ray Garcia por de la Junta de Educación Estatal (SBOE) - Anuncio político pagado por Texas Freedom Network. Read in English Este otoño, los votantes desde South Padre hasta la Bahía de Matagorda tienen un super...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway - Jeff Schapiro on Virginia's 2026 elections The post Despite a Blocked Gerrymander, Virginia Democrats Aim for House Gains Anyway appeared first on Sabato...
Land Destroyer

US Project Meridian” - A Symptom of American Decline, Not a Solution - *October 12, 2026 *(NEO - Brian Berletic) - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently announced the creation of the 120 day task force, “Project Meri...
Campaign for America's Future

Will You Save Democracy? - Everyone who has the right to vote must vote. We must send a clear message to authoritarians that we reject their plan, and reject division. We stand toget...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: DADDY ISSUES EDITION. - *I forgot they were good right to the end.* Getting close to zero hour, so Tubby and his goons are trying to fuck with the election. For example, he was ...
LareDOS

Avowed racist Bo French running for Texas Railroad Commissioner - His xenophobic sentiments evidence a lack of character
Earth 911

Sustainability In Your Ear: XPRIZE’s David Babson on Why Climate Grand Challenges Need Buyers, Too - Buyers contracted nearly 30 million tons of durable carbon removal in 2025, more than triple... The post Sustainability In Your Ear: XPRIZE’s David Babso...
nonsite.org

Introduction to Capitalism 1996–2026 - If, we take seriously, as the contributors to this issue argue we must, the idea that capital has reached the point where it can no longer afford to (and s...
Web of Debt

Dollar Reset 2.0: Stablecoins, Treasury Bills and the Case for Public Banks - The Digital Dollar Drain, image by ScheerPost Washington’s stablecoin strategy could shore up the dollar by making U.S. Treasury bills the backing for a ne...
Media Lens

Has Andy Burnham Ever Heard Of The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation? - Last week, Andy Burnham, the new Labour leader and UK Prime Minister, addressed the Labour party conference in Liverpool: ‘All Together Now. That’s my rall...
Unlimited Hangout

EP003: The Unlimited Hangout Podcast - The Bitcoin-Dollar - In this episode, Whitney and Mark discuss their actual (and often misrepresented) views on Bitcoin and stablecoins and how both are due to be used in tande...
Counterpunch

Nuremberg’s Warning: When Law Legitimates the Machinery of Authoritarianism - After visiting the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, legal scholar Kim Wehle observed, fascism does not always arrive through spectacular acts of f...
Democracy Chronicles

A Big Day for Somalilanders (And A Friend) At The U.N. - Somaliland is a peaceful democracy, thriving with free markets and allies, now seeking recognition to secure its rightful future.
The Rag Blog

JAMES RETHERFORD / Noel Godin: The Art of the Tart - By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / September 24, 2026 “Entartons les pompeux cornichons!”(”Let’s pie the pompous windbags!“)—Noël Godin (1945-2026) ”Some...
Green Pages News

A Call for Truth, Accountability, and Mental Health Care in the Wake of Recurring Tragedy - GARNER, NC – Today, I am speaking not only as a candidate for the U.S. Senate and a co-chair of the Black Caucus of the North Carolina Green Party, but as ...
Texas Environmental News

JUR-712 Minami Kojima นี่อาจจะเป็นการแข็งตัวครั้งสุดท้ายในชีวิตของฉันแล้ว -
Texas Monthly

The Hunt Is On for a Million-Dollar Cooper Flagg Trading Card - Millionaires want it. Memorabiliamongers want it. Even the Mavericks want it—and are willing to give up more than a pretty penny to get it.
Equality Texas

Pride Takes a Community - Across Texas, businesses of every size stepped up in extraordinary ways and became Partners in Pride. Some hosted fundraising events. Others donated a port...
The Socialist

Eric Adams Net Worth 2026: The Real Numbers Behind the Indictment - If you search for Eric Adams’ net worth online, you will instantly hit a wall of conflicting numbers. Some celebrity wealth trackers claim he is sitting on...
Free & Equal

We Need More Choices in Elections | Christina Tobin Interviewed by Matt Kibbe - Tune in to hear Free and Equal founder Christina Tobin dive deep with Matt Kibbe on his show “Kibbe on Liberty!” They discuss the importance of breaking ...
Countercurrents

Abdullah Quilliam: The Forgotten Pioneer of Child‑Centered Welfare and Social Protection - Abdullah Quilliam — born William Henry Quilliam in 1856 — was a British solicitor from Liverpo...
The Mind Unleashed

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Skeptophilia

Thy fearful symmetry - For some of the most fundamental aspects of life, it's uncertain whether or not evolution was *constrained*. The question has great significance with regar...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Surprise shows coming to Dallas this weekend - Is it really a weekend in Dallas without some pop-up shows? No, it is not. But we’re hearing about two this weekend that you should definitely put on your ...
Dispatches from the Underclass

“They’re Demonic” – Israel Runs the Gaza Playbook in Lebanon (w/ Rania Khalek) - I was on Bad Faith Podcast with Briahna Joy Gray to talk about Israel’s war on Lebanon, check it out:
Downwinders at Risk

ForwardDallas - We are reclaiming our neighborhoods by embedding life-changing environmental justice policies into the city’s DNA, finally putting an end to industrial pol...
Dissident Voice

Tulsi Gabbard and Joe Kent - Frank had just finished listening to online news about how US government officials viewed the Israel-United States war of aggression launched against Ira...
Reading the Pictures

Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and the Blowback - A round‑up of pictures that cut through the spin and highlight the fallout, from Iran to the home front. The post Caught My Eye: Trump, the Bomber, and t...
WAWG Blog

Are Election Safeguards Sufficient for Our 2026/2028 General Elections? - While no system can be 100?% immune to attempts at manipulation, the combination of legal requirements, bipartisan procedural rules, and independent audi...
Second Nexus

U.S. Hockey Star Slams White House For Sharing AI-Doctored Video Of Him Insulting Canadians - There's a saying about laying down with dogs. Or, you're known by the company you keep. NHL player and Team USA member Brady Tkachuk is learning that les...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Screwston Anti-Fascists For Investigation - BREAKING Our organization is being targeted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who, on Friday, February 6th, released a public statement calling us “dera...
Moron Majority

After Disastrous Bondi Hearing, Stetson University College of Law Issues Statement - Pam Bondi received her Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1990. The Florida law school fears for its reputation after Bondi’s un...
The Disorder Of Things

Call for Participation: Women, Peace and Security Research Network UK - Date: Tuesday 19 May 2026 Venue: Queen Mary University of London Format: A one-day event with 20-25 participants The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) UK Res...
Dandelion Salad

Marxist Scholar Michael Parenti Dies at 92 + When you had the Crisis of Capitalism, Fascism is an Attempt at a Final Solution to the Class Struggle - Michael died Saturday, January 24, 2026. My sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to all his family, friends and readers. He will be missed by many. —...
Daily Dot

Rumors that the Starbucks unicorn frappe will return are rampant on TikTok, but is it just more 2016 nostalgia? - [image: starbucks unicorn frappe] People on social media are expressing nostalgia for Starbucks’ discontinued Unicorn Frappe—and spreading rumors about i...
Reform Austin

A Farewell from Reform Austin - After much reflection, we’ve made the difficult decision to close down Reform Austin. Since our inception, our mission has been to provide Texans with re...
Reveal

How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech - [image: Two federal agents are standing in the sun wearing police vests. One agent is holding a cell phone.] Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he wa...
ExChristian.Net

Turn off the Light - *By BlackFreethought ~ * Once I took off the mask and removed the veneer of Christianity during this second deconstruction, the world became a more scary...
American Prospect

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism - Treasury’s Bessent says the feds will jump into pharmaceuticals and shipbuilding. California’s Newsom says the state has produced and will sell insulin at ...
Progressive Army

Acta de reunión de comisión directiva - Estimados socios buenos días: Les hacemos llegar en adjunto acta número 920 relacionada a la reunión de comisión directiva realizada el día miércoles 24 ...
Rio Grande Guardian

Smith: Border Days - Border chronicler Morgan Smith recaps a two-day trip he recently made to Mexico, including stops in Anapra, Juárez, and Palomas. The post Smith: Border D...
ROAR Magazine

Weiss Casino Kifizetés: Gyors és Megbízható Pénzfelvételi Módszerek - Ez a cikk részletes áttekintést nyújt a Weiss Casino kifizetési lehetőségeiről, különös figyelmet fordítva a gyors és megbízható pénzfelvételi módszerekre....
GreenSource DFW

Commercial clients lining up for quiet, all-electric landscaping service - *The Greener Good crew manicuring the grounds at Southlake’s Delta Hotel by Marriott in July. Photo courtesy of the Greener Good.* Aug. 8, 2025 At least...
Nina Illingworth

Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration - Rashid Khalidi's recent stand against Columbia University's collaboration with Trump's fascist cultural agenda is important; more US educators should joi...
Bud Kennedy

Joe Rogan tells Texas Democrat James Talarico, ‘You need to run.’ Does he? | Opinion - If Texas Democrats need young talent, James Talarico is a start. The 36-year-old Texas House lawmaker from Round Rock is not far removed from his days as J...
Eater Houston

The Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Houston - [image: A person serves a matcha martini at Bar Doko.] Let Eater point you to some of the most underrated and under-the-radar restaurants in Houston. | Mi...
Ring of Fire

Trump Threatens Media Outlet Over Don Jr’s Comparison To Hunter Biden - Donald Trump Jr. has been crisscrossing the planet using his dad’s name, his name, of course, to get all of these business deals and put money in his poc...
Southeast Texas Record

Case activity for Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC vs Keidre Mccall on May 14 - The Harris County Civil Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jack Garland Jr. and Maa Wwarrs -Maa Vintage Park, LLC against All...
Save Buffalo Bayou

Cutting Forest for Stormwater Basins - Is that A Good Idea? The Value of Lost Ecosystem Services April 29, 2025 Digging out the land to create basins to hold stormwater and prevent flooding is a...
Texans For Public Justice

New Report & Tool to Track Flaring - The “Texas Flaring Project” released a website and a report today analyzing how the state’s oil and gas industry wastes valuable natural gas by flaring a...
Political Garbage Chute

Why Did The Secretary of Defense Text Me Dick Pics and Nuclear Launch Codes? - “I’m Prince of War now, got it? I’ll do what I want. Text what and who I want.” Well, that was a new one. I have to say in all my years covering politics...
The Reality-Based Community

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CPI's Danger in the Air

Public Integrity’s “40 Acres and a Lie” project is honored by the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards - [image: A collage illustration that pairs pictures of William T. Sherman with Trinity Church in Edisto, South Carolina. Overlaying Sherman is a snippet of ...
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center

Anti-Immigrant Group FAIR Taps Controversial Former Sheriff to Serve in Adviser Role - A law enforcement figure associated with the extremist “constitutional sheriff” ideology will serve as an adviser for the anti-immigrant hate group Federat...
New Progressive Alliance

2024 Annual Report - *2024 Annual Report* - Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at Colorado Best Democracy, Greens Discuss the Issues, L...
Texas Watch

In the News: Insurance Crisis Hurting Texans - We have been updating you throughout the year on the insurance crisis gripping our state and our nation. Insurance companies have *hiked our rates beyon...
BEYONDbones

Winter Solstice | Final Sky Happenings of 2024 - Editor’s Note: Look to the sky as HMNS Astronomer talks winter solstice for the final sky happenings of 2024. Thank you for watching the stars alongside ...
Border/Lines

The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
Robert Reich

How We Take Back the Supreme CourtWhere do you see yourself in... - *How We Take Back the Supreme Court* Where do you see yourself in 2060? What about your kids or grandkids? Will Donald Trump be affecting your life even ...
Grits for Breakfast

Grits publishes "Tulia" zine for 25th anniversary: Preorder now! - Until Jeff Frazier and the good folks at Mano Amiga in San Marcos reached out about their event Monday night, I had not realized it was the 25th anniversar...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
Dos Centavos

Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
Morning Consult

Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
TXElects

Consistency in Texas: Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden in Latest Polls - *By Jeff Blaylock – Founder & Senior Editor* *JUNE. 20, 2024* Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Former President Trump leads President Biden by 7 po...
CT's short stories and novelettes

Grape - “I can jump a ship there. Just get me in the city limits. I will take it from there.” “How many sapiens did you kill?” “Five. Why do you want to know?”...
The Intercept

In No Labels Call, Josh Gottheimer, Mike Lawler, and University Trustees Agree: FBI Should Investigate Campus Protests - The bipartisan duo also praised schools that brought in police to violently quell protests and connected the demonstrations to the TikTok ban. The post I...
The Stars Hollow Gazette

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2024: Second Four Play Ins - This s the second night of the women’s Play-Ins.Here are last night’s winners and losers: Time Network Seed School Record Region Score Seed School Record R...
Shadowproof

Shadowproof Is Shutting Down - After eight years, we have decided that it is time to shut down Shadowproof, but that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is c...
One People's Project

2023 Year End Campaign! - The time has come to ask for your help as we head along into what promises to be one busy 2024! 2023 Year End Campaign The post 2023 Year End Campaign! a...
Innocence Project

Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
Latino Rebels

Neuro-Inclusivity, Belonging and Radical Hospitality - Latino Rebels Radio goes on the road for a live podcast recording at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut. Host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes seve...
FiveThirtyEight.com

What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry - Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announc...
Tribune of the People

Tribune of the People was the news organ of a political cult called the “CR-CPUSA” and collapsed in March 2022 - Read about what happened here: https://maoistcultexposed.wordpress.com/ This website belonged to a political cult called the “Committee to Reconstitute the...
Caitlin Johnstone

CaitlinJohnstone.com Is Now At CaitlinJohnstone.com.au - Hello subscribers, As you may have noticed, our website at caitlinjohnstone.com has been reduced to a shuffle lately, suffering repeated 502 errors for rea...
So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)

Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube - Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on YouTube. This will happen three times a week. If you want to go over and look, ...
Lawfare

UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit ...
In These Times

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe - Israeli surveillance technology is empowering antidemocratic governments to track journalists and human rights activists. Regulation is virtually nonexistent.
News Junkie

Mayotte Crisis: Putrid Leftover of France’s Imperialist and Colonialist Scrooge? - The cycle of empires It is not as if President Macron and his administration needed a new crisis to add to the turmoil of his second term in power. Unlike ...
DBC Green

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Buzzflash

Rebecca Solnit: "Forget Geoengineering. We Need To Stop Burning Fossil Fuels. Right Now." - The Guardian
Living Blue in Texas

TEXIT: The Conservative Movement To Turn Texas Into A White Ethnostate - Unpacking “Texit” and the potential consequences of secession. A few years ago, we wrote “QAnon Conspiracies And Neo-Confederate Beliefs Behind Texit Movem...
Eclectablog

Making democracy work for our environment – wsg Nayyirah Shariff & Sean McBrearty - Nayyirah Shariff on Twitter: @NayyirahShariff Flint Rising on Twitter: @FlintRising Flint Rising's website: FlintRising.com Sean McBrearty on Twitter: @Sea...
Echidne of the Snakes

Happy 2023 To All Of You - I have often come back here to try to write some sort of a conclusion to the years of activity on this site, but have not figured out what, exactly, to s...
VICE

Three UFOs Shot Down by US Weren't Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden - However, President Joe Biden did not say what the three objects were, saying the military is still searching for the debris.
Texas Moratorium Network

Senator Sarah Eckhardt Files Bill to Abolish Death Penalty - A State Senator we wrote asking to file a bill to abolish the death penalty has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty. So, we have a senate sponsor o...
Media Myth Alert

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Due Dissidence

Liz Truss Finally Made Neoliberalism Toxic - by Jack Carolan Liz Truss spent her childhood accompanying her father, a leftist University professor, on marches against the Thatcher government. It might...
Duffel Blog

Make-A-Wish kid gets 'Day 1 recycled' at Ranger school - “Rules are rules,” said a Ranger Instructor.
Strategic Culture Foundation

WHO Chief, TPLF Leader Tedros Silent About His Party’s Theft of World Food Program Fuel - UN World Health Organization chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom is also the world’s most prominent advocate of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. He has said no...
BillMoyers.com

PODCAST: Dr. Bandy Lee Saw It Coming – The Violence Foretold in Donald Trump’s Election - Our democracy has been eroding in tandem with the rise in inequality, says Dr. Lee. The Trump presidency is not really about Donald Trump the individual....
Chicken Fried Politics

Symbolic solution in search of an actual problem - Support of 9 Southern Republicans for Respect for Marriage Act shows why Supreme Court isn’t about to ban same-sex marriage ♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedP...
Pages of Victory

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The Contributor

34 Senate Republicans oppose even debating gun safety compromise bill - News Image: Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation. Category: Guns in America ori...
Bayou Brief

Tilly Snyder Is Missing Again - Wikipedia’s decision to permanently delete John K. Snyder’s page cannot erase the true story of one of the most eccentric politicians in Louisiana history ...
Washington Babylon

Sub to Our Stack! - [image: Sub to Our Stack!] Hey! We’re back! It’s been a while but *Washington Babylon* is back up and running. Read more @ Washington Babylon...
Talking Points Memo

Scott Pruitt, Yes That Scott Pruitt, Is Running For Senate - Nearly four years after he resigned from the Trump administration amid a cloud of scandal and profligate spending of taxpayer...
Liberal America

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Republicans’ Identity Crisis - This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his long-anticipated, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. No sooner did this happen than Donald Trump–the...
Popehat

Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
epic.org

EPIC, Coalition Urge FTC to Issue Rules Protecting Consumers Against Data Abuse and Discrimination - Today, EPIC and a coalition of 44 consumer advocacy, civil rights, and media democracy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking t...
Truthdig

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Malady

Capital’s profitability now depends on ‘lockdowns’, acute social enclosure, and ‘medical’ tyranny - * *This essay was originally posted in April 2021 (and regularly updated) on Medium.com but was censored in September and then put “under investigation”. H...
Freethought Now

FFRF’s Freethought Now Blog has moved! - FFRF has moved our blog, Freethought Now! Check out our new blog today.
Louis Proyect

The Future of this Blog - Update: this site has now returned to its free version at https://louisproyect.wordpress.com … i do not know how much longer https://louisproyect.org will ...
INSIDER - politics news

TikTok extremism exposed: over 1,000 videos found including Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and ISIS propaganda, according to new report - [image: TikTok] Summary List Placement New research released by a counter-extremism think tank found that over 1,000 TikToks featuring hate speech and e...
Houston Press

Simone Biles Also Withdraws From Individual All-Around in a Post-Karolyi Era - After her shocking withdrawal from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals on Tuesday due to mental health concerns, Houston’s own Simone Biles has now—per...
Dallas Observer

'Viruses Are Going to Virus': COVID-19 Infections Rise Among Vaccinated Texans - Several fully vaccinated Texas Democratic lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, becoming some of the most widely publicized instances of so-called "...
Progressives Everywhere

Ohio’s Gerrymandered Theocracy Exhibit the Stakes of Voting Rights - Inaction of voting rights will be very deadly
Anti-Media

Peer-Reviewed and Published: Adoption of Ivermectin to Combat COVID-19 is Justified - The study's authors conclude that "large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin."
Bad Attitudes

Big Government Handouts - Recently, Elon Musk beat out Jeff Bezos for a 2.9 billion contract from NASA to fly one of his magnificent exploding rocket ships to the moon. In true Am...
PBD - Progressive Blog Digest

46 - Joe Biden, the president of the United States. Not a perfect president, but the perfect president for these post-Trump times. Earnest, unpretentious, good-...
Latino Decisions

Alex Padilla, Latino Champion of Voter Access, New California US Senator - In a historic event, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been appointed as United States Senator by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Padilla...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Madness of War, American-Style - In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, *The De...
Art Killing Apathy

Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think - By Eleanor Goldfield The truth is – words are dangerous. Words are the catalysts of all action – good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: ...
Defend our Movements

Assessing Tech: How We Know If It’s On Our Side - By Bex Hong Hurwitz, Tiny Gigantic Over the past months, technical research into privacy and security concerns with Zoom and Zoom’s actions in response hav...
Better Texas Blog

New Census Data Confirms Texas Needs to Equitably Invest in Anti-Poverty Programs - Looking for analysis of the new health insurance numbers released this week? Check out our blog here! Although median income and poverty rates improved ...
Texas Rural Voices

“IT’s” the RACISM, STUPID! - It is at the center of our national attention. And, justifiably so. It’s presence permeates our national psyche, whether we acknowledge it or not. We...
PERRspectives

On the Ground Update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf Understates Portland Crisis - Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and gra...
Austin 360

Neuron Garage - Neuron Garage Camp Expands to 12 Locations for Summer 2020! Austin-based day camp, Neuron Garage, is quickly gaining a loyal following as the Hands-On Bu...
Think 3 Institute

What is it about Trump? - *P*art of it is this: millions of people who'd never want Donald Trump to be their boss now feel that he has become, or is becoming, exactly that. Somethin...
Modern Democracy

Roberts’ Next Thicket?: The Coming One-Person, One-Vote Battle Over “How Much is Too Much” - Recently, Nick Stephanopoulos pointed out how Rucho was written as if constitutional racial vote dilution claims never existed. The same might also be said...
The Metaphor Project

Say: “Move America Forward?” - In the first Democratic presidential debate, Andrew Yang proposed a slogan, “Not left, not right, forward!” The next day I corrected it on Twitter to be “...
Truthout

Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic - With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.
Splinter

Someone threatened to set a University of Michigan student on fire for wearing a hijab. This must stop. - Steps away from the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, a stranger approached a student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter, police ...

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